F2F Class Notes (Tony)

Describe a problem that happened at work:

Something you are responsible for.

How did you solve it?

Have you had this kind of problem before?

Vocabulary

it’s possible that… / one possibility is that…

he got in when the workers opened the machine

he climbed in the machine

some bad guys to put him in the machine

this is made by myself – i made these (by myself)

stuck  – can’t move, or go

eg: I was stuck at the office that afternoon.

eg: I am stuck in traffic, so I don’t know how long it’s gonna be.

eg: I was stuck when I reported the project status to my boss. Because we didn’t have enough data to know the real status. I didn’t know what to say.

Grammar

stay at the car (Sounds like: standing next to the car, when it is parked)

a series of (number of things)

eg: A series of accidents happened on that bridge last month.

4. “Even if” describe a unreal thing so connect to would, “even though” describe a real thing?

5. they will lose themselves if they stay at home just doing family things
they will lose themselves if they stay at home and just do family things

4. “Even if” describes an unreal thing so it connects to would (in grammar), so does “even though” describe a real thing?

Even though Disneyland was very busy, it was still fun. = Disneyland was busy but still fun.

Even when Amy is angry she is still polite.

Even Steve got a promotion? He is so lazy.

5. they will lose themselves if they stay at home just doing family things
they will lose themselves if they stay at home and just do family things

Correct, because a new clause was started, the grammar rules from “stay” (V) don’t apply to “do”.

“And” started the new clause